Keyword
justice
- righteousness
- morality
- honor
- loyalty
- meaning
- Frequency
- #415
- Strokes
- 13
- Grade
- 5
- JLPT (old)
- N1
- Heisig
- 691
Readings
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Mnemonic
When a storm, a force of nature, flattens my village, old-fashioned me dons a cape and sues the sky for justice.
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Used in vocabulary
義
morality; righteousness; justice; honour (honor); meaning; teachings; doctrine; nonconsanguineous relationship (i.e. of in-laws); prosthesis
Noun
主義者
advocate (of a theory or principle); ideologist; ideologue; -ist (i.e. adherent to a belief system)
Noun
名義
name (esp. on a deed, contract, work, etc.); formal name; published name; moral duty; justification; pretext
Noun
義理
duty; sense of duty; honor; honour; decency; courtesy; debt of gratitude; social obligation; in-law; relation by marriage
Noun